Can you provide an example I can test that demonstrates this effect?

On Saturday, September 6, 2014 11:03:57 AM UTC-4, Bob Alexander wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm building a dashboard with a DateRangeFilter in it. I also have two 
> buttons, labeled Today and Yesterday that set the range of the 
> DateRangeFilter with code like this:
>    var today = new Date();
>    today.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
>    const dayLength = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
>    switch (buttonSelection)
>    {
>       case 'today' :
>          dateRangeSlider.setState({lowValue : today, highValue : new 
> Date(today.getTime() + dayLength)});
>          break;
>
>       case 'yesterday' :
>          var yesterday = new Date(today.getTime() - dayLength);
>          dateRangeSlider.setState({lowValue : yesterday, highValue : 
> today});
>          break;
>    }
>    dateRangeSlider.draw();
>
> But when it runs, the range ends up including two days. E.g. if it's 9/6 
> and I click 'Today', the range shows 9/5 through 9/7; if I click 
> 'Yesterday', the range becomes 9/4 through 9/6.
>
> If I step through the code, after the call to setState, the lowValue is 
> 9/6/2014 00:00:00 and the highValue is 9/7/2014 00:00:00 - so far, so good. 
> But after the call to draw(), lowValue is 9/5/2014 01:00:00 and highValue 
> is 9/7/2014 01:00:00. I can understand that some of this might be Daylight 
> Saving Time related: midnight becoming 1 AM. But why would 9/6/2014 00:00 
> change to 9/5/2014 01:00?
>
> Plus, this isn't quite what I want. Since the high and low values are 
> inclusive, for Yesterday I don't want 9/5 00:00 through 9/6 00:00: I want 
> 9/5 00:00 through 9/5 23:59:59. But if I set that, DateRangeFilter changes 
> 9/5 23:59:59 to 9/6 01:00:00.
>
> Am I doing something wrong, or are these bugs in DateRangeFilter? If the 
> latter, is there a workaround?
>
> Thanks,
>    Bob
>
>

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